Vending-machine.



A. H. K0011. VENDING MACHINE.

AIPLIOATION FILED JUNE 11, 1909.

Patented Dec. 6,1910;

, WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY THE NORRIS PETER:

A. H. KOCH.

VENDING MACHINE;

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1909.

977,745. Patented Dec. 6, 1910 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WITNESSES:

#3 a. M flaw? IIIIVEIVTOR:

A TTOR/VE Y ADOLPI-I H. KOCH, DE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

VENDING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH H. Koor-r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to vending machines, and it has special reference to ma chines for vending newspapers, magazines, and the like. In this class of machines one of the chief requisites is to provide a means whereby the mechanism for discharging the article shall have movement of considerable scope without at the same time requiring a long or sweeping movement of the lever which performs the operation.

Another feature of my invention is to provide a means for utilizing the purchasing coin merely as a setting mechanism so that there will be no abrasive or wearing action on the coin, all of which will now be set forth in detail.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the operating mechanism in my improved vending machine, showing the parts in normal position. Fig. 2 is a view of the mechanism showing position of the parts when discharging a Vended article. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the tripping mechanism. Fig. 4 is an edge View of the operating lever. Fig. 5 is a view of the rear side of the operating lever. Fig. 6 is a side view of the detachable end of Fig. 7 is a view of the rear side of the partition showing the construction of the verti- Cally-movable vending plate. Fig. 8 is an edge view of the vending plate. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of 'a case to receive the vending partitions, and Fig. 10 is a. perspec tive view of a portion of the partition showing the construction of the coin chute.

In constructing my invention Iprovide a case 12, within which is placed two or more partitions, each having thereon the mechanism necessary for receiving the coin and discharging the article purchased by the vending coin. This case has in its top a slot 13 alongside of each partition, and in its front wall a suitable vertical slot 14 through which the operating lever passes and is permitted to swing.

The plate or partition 15 is provided with Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 11,

the operating lever.-

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

1909. Serial No. 501,617.

within the case, and is provided with a coin chute 16 which extends from the upper end of the partition to a point near the lower end, this chute being located at the edge of the partition which is at the front side of the case. The lower end of the chute has a slight inward curvature, as shown.

The inner wall of the chute, along the incurved portion, designated by 17, is cut away so that the coin in passing down may move out of the chute and roll down against a fixed guide-stop 19 secured to the partition. Opposite the upper end of the guide stop the outer edge of the chute is cut-away, as shown at 18, forming a recess. Vithin the chute is a trigger 20, pivoted at 21, the upper end of which has a forwardly-projecting stop-stud 22, which is adapted to move in and out of the recess 18 of the chute. The lower end of this trigger is curved toward the 19, and the normal position of the trigger is such that there is not suflicientspace between the lower end of the trigger and the guidestop to allow a coin to pass through.

The operation of forcing a coin to pass through between the stop and trigger throws in the upper end of the trigger and thus per mits the operating lever to move downwardly, as will be more fully described here .inafter, and in order to throw back the trigger to its normal position, a spring 23 is employed, as shown. a

The operating lever 24 is pivoted at its inner end to the partition, at 25,, and its outer end terminates at the forward edge of the partition, where it is supplemented by a detachable piece 26, which has a flat thumb-piece 27 thereon, and this supplemental piece projects through the front wall of the case. The endof the operating lever 24 has on its inner side a projecting pin 28 which travels within the curved space 29 formed between the guide-stop 19 and chute 16, so that it will engage with the coin which .will be arrested therein until pushed down by the lever and its pin. The inner side of the operating lever has also a latch 30, pivoted at 31, and provided at its outer end with a stud 32, which projects forwardly and rests in a detent 33 in the lever, and in a coinciding detent 34 in the detachable piece 26. The outer side of the lever has a pair of headed studs 35, and the detachable piece 26 has a slot 36, and a detent 37 atits suitable means whereby it may be attached i end, which slot and detent coincide with the gu de-stop two headed studs, so that when the detachable piece is secured to the studs and the latch 30 is swung with its stud 32 in detent 33, the detachable piece will be firmly held in position. The lnner side of the lever has also a stud 38 at its end which is in such a location that when the lever moves downward, the stop stud 22 on trigger 20, when in its normal position, will arrest the downward motion. If, however, a coin 40 is placed in the chute, and falls down to its seat against the lower end of the trigger, the lever, in moving downwardly, will cause the pin 28 to push the coin down, thus swinging the upper end of the trigger inwardly and permit the said stop stud 22 and stud 38 to pass each other, thereby initiating the operation of discharging the vended article, as will be more fully explained. A guard 38 is placed on the upper side of the stud 38, so that as the lever moves upwardly this guard will engage the stud 22 and displace it sufliciently to permit the stud 38 to pass by. The operating lever is held in position by a guard-piece 42, and a spiral spring 43, secured to the lever, with its upper end attached to the case partition, at 43, serves to hold the lever to its highest point against the guard piece 42. The partition has a vertical slot 45 in its middle portion, and on its rear side is a vertically sliding vending plate. This comprises a sheet metal plate 46 having near its lower end a projecting ledge, this ledge being of such a character that it will be adapted to force up a single paper, magazine, or other article to be vended. Within the slot 45 is a sliding piece 47 firmly secured to the vending plate, and this piece has a threaded hole to receive a screw 48. This screw also passes through, and serves as a fulcrum for, the upper end of the lazy-tongs system 49, in which the lower pair of tongs is hinged at 50 to the partition, and a link 51, secured at its lower end to one of the projecting limbs of the tongs and at its upper end to the operating lever, serves to afiord connection between the operating lever and the vertically-movable vending plate 46 on the rear side of the partition 15. It will. thus be seen that as the outer end of the operating lever moves downwardly the lazy-tongs sys-.

tem causes the vending plate to travel upwardly and by this means a short throw of the lever 24 is suflicient to give a long movement to the vending plate.

lVhat I claim as new,-is:

1. In a vending machine, a plate or par-' tition having on one side a vertically movable vending plate and on the other side a coin chute having therein a pivoted trigger provided with a stop-stud and adapted to be operated by a coin, in combination with a fixed guide-stop for a coin, an operating lever having a stud normally in the path of said stopstud, and means on the lever for displacing the position of the trigger and its stop-stud through an intervening coin.

2. In a vending machine, a plate or partition having on one side a vertically movable vending plate and on the other side an operating lever and a coin chute, said lever having at its outer end a detachable piece, and means for arresting the downward motion of such lever in the absence of a vending coin. V 3. In a vending machine, a plate or -partition having on one side a vertically movable vending plate and on the other side a coin chute and means for arresting a coin, and an operating lever provided at its outer end with a detachable piece and with attaching devices therefor, including a swinging latch, a stud and detent, and means in the chute for arresting the downward movement of said lever in the absence of a vending coin. V

4. In a vending machine, acoin chute having therein a pivoted trigger provided at its upper end with a stop-stud, and normally held in position by a spring, the side of the coin chute opposite the stop-stud being cut away, in combination with a fixed coin guide-stop, between which and said trigger a coin may be placed, and an operating lever provided with a stud normally in the path of the stop-stud, and a pin for depressing a coin and thereby swinging the trigger on its pivot and disengaging its stop-stud from the stud on the lever and permitting the coin to be pushed down.

Signed at the city of Los Angeles, California, this 19th day of May, 1909, in the presence of witnesses.

ADOLPH H. KOCH.

Witnesses:

J. S. ZERBE, E. G. STUART. 

